Monday May 09, 2016
PRESIDENT GRANGER IS GOING AHEAD, NO MATTER WHAT DEAR EDITOR; My comments about the coincidence of Correia being a dominant Operator and Shareholder at the ogle airport and the renaming of the Airport to Correia could have interpretations and if one of those interpretations is deemed to be disrespectful to the President, I offer the President my apologies. This Ogle International Airport fiasco is unfortunate and could have and should have been resolved by the past and current Governments. However, it is clear to me that the President will proceed with the renaming of the airport regardless of the pleas and objections from the majority of the stakeholders at Ogle Airport. That is the democracy of which I speak. I speak not of shareholders who make up a very small percentage of the stakeholders of a national public asset and public utility owned by the people of Guyana and managed by a private company. At this point I am yet unaware of any public or indeed any consultations conducted to derive a name for the airport. This might be a small issue to the President in the
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national scheme of things, but a major issue to the Operators at the airport. Nevertheless, my disagreement with the President on this one issue should in no way be interpreted as disrespectful to the President and if it did I once again apologize to the President. Mr. Khan, learned as he is, has however failed to provide the evidence i have begged him to produce, instead unsuccessfully crouching behind a transparent veil of renewed baseless accusations of a political nature. Sadly he attempts to further drag the issue into the political gutter for reasons unknown to me at this time. At this juncture , I could only hang on to the hope that the Government as promised will intervene and resolve the governance issues that severely affect the airport so that we all could continue with Nation building without the distraction of constant conflict which seems to be plague our country. Captain Gerry Gouveia CEO Roraima Airways Arrowpoint Resort Duke Lodge Roraima Residence Inn
BARONESS AMOS SHOULD NOT BE INVITED DEAR EDITOR; I simply felt insulted when I read in the press of April 21st (Kaieteur News), that The Guyanese community in New York has invited Baroness Amos to be a guest of honour of The New York celebrations. The Baroness and I are both born of parents identified by their birth certificates, as Negro Natives of British Guiana. In today’s terminologies that would mean sons and daughters of descendants of formerly enslaved Africans, who lived on the land mass now known as Guyana. We are also contemporaries of sorts, born in a pre-independent Guyana, when personalities like Martin Carter, Sydney King and Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow felt it necessary to challenge the colonials’ right to perpetual domination of our lives. In the early 60s the Baroness migrated to Britain, where she had an introduction to Britishness. I on the other hand lived in the BV/ Triumph neighbourhood where I saw British youths patrolling our streets with guns by day, and heard tales of subjugation at nights before falling asleep. In fact what took place in the early to mid- 60s, was Ms Amos was learning acceptance of the British ways, while I was inducted into understanding the contradictions of race and power in
the colony of British Guiana. My every fibre was consumed in our quest for independence. I lived and breathed the words of sages like Burnham, Gaskin, Kendall and John, as they championed the cause for independence. Now 50 years later enjoined in the battle for reparations, a struggle to free ourselves of the impact of the years of colonial/racial domination, I am confronted with the fact of Ms Amos’ existence. From newspapers reports since the mid-60s it appeared that Ms Amos was sucked into a being British syndrome. She gained acceptance to the point where her name is linked with many first. FIRST BLACK BRITISH PEER, FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO HEAD A BRITISH UNIVERSITY, etc. Over the years among the things associated with her name is that she lead the British team to the United Nations Antiracism Conference in Durban South Africa in 2001. At that conference her most significant contribution was to denounce an attempt to declare the Enslavement of Africans by European nations “a crime against humanity”. Fifteen years later I am reading that this person who has an issue with declaring what happened to her greatgreat-great grand-parents a crime is now being honoured by
persons whose great-great-great and great-greatgreat-great grandparents like mine were robbed of their freedom to make persons like the Baroness comfortable today. Do I do like the trees in the forest when they saw the axe, I shall not. The trees recognised the handle of the axe as one of them, I say ‘de Baroness barn yah, but shi na wan awe”. In my view it is an insult to honour her as part of our independence anniversary. This is primarily because that independence struggle is in part due to my great-great-great grandparents and others who were sacrificed along the way, and whose efforts the Baroness dismissed when she argued that African Enslavement is not deserving of an apology from the British nor is it worth being considered “a crime against humanity”. Thus Mr Editor I am hoping that you publish this letter and it would be seen by those organising the New York celebrations of our Independence Anniversary. It is my hope that they take wise council and find a way to inform the Baroness that she would no longer be a guest of honour. I would also like to alert them that from information on the ground in NY, many are considering boycotting Elton McCrae
DEAR EDITOR; The sudden rise of crime all across Guyana has been a great concern of all Guyanese citizens fearing for their lives from the hands of criminal elements and bandits. I was flabbergasted when I saw the news on channel 67 May 3,2016 in Travis Chase News report he mentioned the Police Force said the crime rate has fallen significantly while many are begging for their lives from Criminal elements that stalks our beloved country like a sudden night mare on elm streets now in the streets and homes in Guyana. I was amazed when I saw about a thousand citizens in the hot sun and the rains queuing up for their passports. One can say that all these people are fed up to live here just running out or the news mentioned that the big lines at the passport office is just because of a false gossip that the passport fees will be raised from $4000 Guyana dollars to $15.000.I really don’t think that is the case for the past year the lines at the passport office gets longer my wife and I passports are expired until now over a year my wife cannot renew her passport nor myself because of the lines and we work. I read the Minister of Citizenship mentioned that they will decentralized the passport and birth certificate process. I am still wondering how soon will that be birth, death, and marriage certificates takes longer than
expected these are basic things in life; I still wonder why the entire Nation has to travel to Eve Leary at CID head Quarters to apply for a police clearance and most times you are ‘turned down ‘Can the Commissioner of Police tell this nation why? With this new wave of crime where just a few days ago Princess Hotel Casino was robbed, many families in Berbice and Essequibo are robbed and killed. But this doesn’t seem to bother our erudite Home Affairs Minister and Obscure Commissioner of Police. It seems as if our complicated political ideologies tied the tongues and hands of our security people in authority. What plans does our new administration have to tackle this crime situation in Guyana? Our President needs to address the nation on crime and blackouts, and not the Minister of State. We have quite a number of Vice Presidents I am unable to count but yet they are very silent on the crime situation but very vocal on the 50th Anniversary Jubilee celebrations. I still wonder what is there to celebrate when our people are crying and hurting for police protection. If this administration cannot protect our own citizens then how will they protect the foreigners coming in to celebrate our 50th Birthday Anniversary Celebration? I am yet to hear the voices of the religions organizations about this
crime situation such as: The CIOG, the Maha Sabha, The Guyana Evangelical Association; the Bahai and Rasta Organizations. To my Amazement the United States Ambassador is Silent; the British and Canadian Ambassadors are silent but was very vocal during the elections. Why are they silent now? Why can’t they advise our President and send for troops from their country to keep the peace in Guyana. We will soon become a nation of political refugees just like Syria. I am yet to hear the voices of many of our so called Prophets and false Apostles in Guyana who were given political awards for achieving noting. I remembered two profound quotations from George Orwell’s book Animal Farm: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others,” and “Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself.” These elegant truths from Orwell’s magnificent book fit our political scenario here in Guyana. Our leaders crave political power and recognition but care less for the Continued on page 23
HOW CAN YOU TREAT THE VENDORS APPLYING GEORGE ORWELL TO GUYANESE POLITICS SO INHUMANELY? DEAR EDITOR; It is totally wrong! Where is the humanity in suddenly removing over one hundred vendors from their comfort zone to a new location? Anyone who has relocated knows that it takes some time before one truly begins to reap the benefits of his/her re-location. I remain adamant that those in authority are not thinking through their actions thoroughly. Beautifying Georgetown is not supposed to happen overnight. I am not opposed to cleaning Georgetown, nor am I opposed to positive changes. However, with consultations and careful planning, Guyana can be beautified one step at a time and with little impact on any one group or individual. Couldn’t anyone think of instituting the Stabroek Market clean-up earlier? Why not have individual vendors responsible for cleaning their location? Did anyone, prior to May 1, think of offering alternative vending spots to those vendors who occupy areas over drains, so that the drains could be cleaned and maintained? Did anyone think thoroughly about moving the entire vending population to that new place without preparing and beautifying the place first? Didn’t anyone think that potential buyers would also be affected by this move? The way the Stabroek market clean-up is being done is
unorganized, inhumane and unsatisfactory. I can tell that someone woke up with a dream and rushed to make it a reality. What a way to be celebrating; so many are being inconvenienced. Guyana is moving forward, I speak as one looking through a window, as one not in authority, as one not in government. Those in authority and in government have got to be more aware of the trials of the man/woman in the street. Vendors stand/sit in the sun and rain just to earn a dollar. Their earnings are not definite. Non-vendors, on the other hand, often function from buildings, and have definite earnings. Each month a non-vendor is guaranteed a pay cheque, a vendor isn’t. Our leaders must be able to lead us fairly, justly, and with respect. The visitors that come to celebrate with us will be looking at us. Standing on the inner aspect of the window pane, I am also concerned about the sugar workers. I have seen the Wales Estate, it is in dire need of repairs. In addition, there may come a time when we may only need to supply sugar to ourselves. Therefore, the workers have got to be given alternatives. Each man/ woman has ideas and I am sure with consultation, those sugar workers can blossom elsewhere. They must. Ayanna Issacs
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Audit finds…
NIS employees at risk of electric shocks, other dangers in leaky buildings
The forensic audit into the affairs of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has revealed that employees at the various branch offices are in serious danger. The Auditor, Ramesh Seebaran, said that the employees are exposed to electric shock and other health hazards. He also noted that already faulty equipment is likely to be further damaged. Seebaran said that during visits to some NIS offices, including the main branch, auditors noted that the buildings were in dire need of repairs. He added that the head office is in such a state
Guyana-born teen eyes career in robotics By Harold A. Bascom
Two of Roshique’s awards
I hope to revolutionize how the world sees robots and how robots work in general. In the future, no matter how far that might be, I would like to be the one to further develop on Nano-robotics, maybe even find some means to implement it into the medical field as a cure for or even the prevention of viruses. Hopefully by then seeing more and more robots would be the norm in society, so there isn’t a large incongruity between society and using robots as a part of any medical treatment. Excerpt from a college essay, by Roshique Jones.
NIS Brickdam location
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that it should be closed temporarily for extensive repairs and maintenance. Seebaran said that the state of the building poses a health risk to employees. “Whenever it rains, employees, equipment, furniture, records have to be relocated or shifted to prevent further damage because of the leaking roof and the flooding of the compound and surrounding area.” The NIS audit started during the May-June rainy season. It was noted that during that time “we observed first hand at the Camp Street and Brickdam locations, the leaking roofs and the soaking of furniture
as well as records.” Seebaran reported that in some cases, “buckets were placed to collect the water from spreading further into the buildings which had to be emptied every fifteen minutes.” According to management, this was a norm whenever it rains. Further, auditors “witnessed how the pension files stored at Brickdam were being soaked by flood water as rain seeped through the roof and by sewerage water rising from the ground. In some cases the records/files were damaged to such an extent that it required employees to wear masks and gloves to protect their health before handling them.” Seebaran reported that things can become even more dangerous, if the water gets into contact with electricity cables and outlets, putting the building at risk from fire and employees at risk of electric shock. Seebaran said that similar situations also exist at the branch offices in New Amsterdam, Port Mourant and Fort Wellington. He said that the branch in Melanie is also not suitable. However, he said that this location has the least of the problems. Seebaran said that the front yard at that location floods whenever it rains. He recommended that the NIS Board of Directors urgently sets up a committee which must include a Building Engineer. Seebaran said that members of that committee should inspect all buildings and make recommendations to improve the conditions. More importantly, the auditor said that the committee should evaluate whether the existing buildings at Camp and Bent Streets and at Brickdam are of the size to house the employees, the records, furniture and equipment they currently hold.
Very often we come across Facebook postings by proud Guyanese parents on the achievements of a son or a daughter who was accepted by esteemed schools and colleges—about a child’s winning of prestigious scholarships to prestigious schools. Many of us as parents, also, read them with swelling hearts or regretful hearts—a lot depending on how good our own are doing or have done. We ‘like’ anyway; it is the decent thing to do. But not all parents of high academic achievers are the same; some are modest and shy away from, as one calls it, ‘boasting’ about their children; and if they do decide to post an
Roshique Shemar Jones academic achievement of one of their children, it seems they do so, halfheartedly. This I understand. There are many Guyanese who have held onto, and continue to holdto the belief that ‘self-praise’ is no recommendation. I believe, however, that you have to blow your
own trumpet since it’s hardly likely that someone else will blow it for you. And let’s face it, the more we post the academic achievements and successes of our young people,the greater the chances that other young, not so motivated, will push themselves to achieve also. So today, it is my pleasure to introduce to my readers, a quiet achiever from the U.S State of Georgia; a humble 18year old student of Guyanese parentage, who, though unassuming in his deportment, is a quiet achiever, brilliant in a modest way. Dear reader, please meet Roshique Shemar Jones. Roshique, having applied to eleven universities, was accepted to ten of them. (As of this writing, he is being wait-listed on one.) He has even received a scholarship from an ivy league college that (Continued on page 24)
Man on trial for 2010 attempt to kill ex- lover A Georgetown resident who travelled to No 57 village, Corentyne in 2010 and allegedly attempted to kill his onetime lover is on trial in the Berbice High Court before Justice Brassington Reynolds and a mixed jury on a charge of attempted murder with an alternative of wounding with intent. It is alleged that on January 7, 2010, Waliaferro Joseph called “Wally” attempted to murder Uneatha Mc Clean, 22, at Number 57, Corentyne. Prosecutor, attorney-atlaw Stacey Goodings told the court that on the day in question Uneatha Mc Clean, a housewife, was at the bottom flat of her residence when she suddenly felt someone grab her neck and mouth. She recognized the man and subsequently tried to free herself but during her struggles she was stabbed a
number of times. She managed to escape and was met by police ranks, who rescued her. She was rushed to the Skeldon Hospital before being transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital for emergency surgery and subsequently to the Georgetown Public Hospital for further medical intervention. The woman related meeting the accused in 2007 at Bourda, Georgetown. They lived in Sophia for a while before relocating to Corentyne. During the time they had many disagreements. They subsequently separated. She related that on the day in question she went downstairs to the kitchen when she was attacked by the accused and severely injured. Prosecutor Stacey Goodings called a number of witnesses including Assistant Superintendent of Police David Renee, Police
Accused Waliaferro Joseph Lance Corporal Pinkey Watts and Police Constable Fitzroy Nicholson. They all testified to the parts they played in the investigation. Joseph who is conducting his own defence subsequently cross examined the various witnesses. The matter is continuing.
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Conservatives unapologetic over tactics as Khan becomes London’s first Muslim mayor Reuters - Sadiq Khan of Britain’s opposition Labour Party was sworn in as Mayor of London on Saturday, becoming the first Muslim to head a major European capital after an election campaign marked by the ruling Conservatives’ efforts to link him to extremism. The son of a Pakistani immigrant bus driver and a seamstress, Khan defeated Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith, the son of a billionaire financier, by a record margin to secure the biggest individual mandate in British political history. The Financial Times said the result highlighted London’s tolerance, a “remarkable triumph over the racial and religious tensions that have bedevilled other European capitals”. “My name is Sadiq Khan and I’m the Mayor of London,” the 45-year-old said to wild applause at the ceremony at Southwark Cathedral attended by the city’s police chief, politicians and leaders of different faiths. Khan’s election also puts a supporter of Britain remaining in the European Union at the helm of the global financial centre, even though the issue barely came up in the campaign. Goldsmith and outgoing mayor Boris Johnson favour a vote to leave when Britain holds a referendum on the issue next month. Politicians from all sides lined up to condemn the Conservative Party tactics in the race, but in the aftermath, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon refused to apologise. “In the rough and tumble of elections, you get stuff
Sadiq Khan said, questions asked,” Fallon told the BBC. “I think it is right that candidates for some of the most important offices in Britain do get scrutinised about their past associations.” Conservatives including Prime Minister David Cameron and Fallon himself had questioned whether London would be safe under the control of Khan, a former human rights lawyer who grew up in public housing in the capital’s inner city. “They used fear and innuendo to try to turn different ethnic and religious groups against each other – something straight out of the Donald Trump playbook,” Khan told the Observer newspaper. Many commentators said the focus on religion had backfired in a city noted for its diversity. During the race Goldsmith had joined forces with Cameron and other senior party members to question Khan’s past appearances alongside radical Muslim
speakers at public events, accusing him of giving “oxygen” to extremists. During one heated session in parliament, Labour lawmakers accused Cameron of racism when he repeatedly raised the issue. Khan said he had fought extremism all his life and regretted sharing a stage with speakers who held “abhorrent” views. Sayeeda Warsi, a former Conservative Party chairman, said the campaign had damaged the party’s credibility on issues of race and religion, while Labour politicians called on Fallon and Cameron to stop smearing their candidate. The left-wing mayors of New York and Paris saluted Khan, as did U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. “Son of a Pakistani bus driver, champion of workers’ rights and human rights, and now Mayor of London. Sajid Javid, Britain’s business secretary and a Conservative, said on Twitter: “From one son of a Pakistani bus driver to another, congratulations.” Khan’s victory makes him the first Muslim to head a major Western capital. During the campaign he had vowed to tackle the lack of affordable housing in London, oppose the expansion of Heathrow Airport and improve the transport system. The victory in London was one of the few bright spots for Labour, which endured poor results in elections elsewhere, especially in Scotland. However leader Jeremy Corbyn did not attend Khan’s swearing-in ceremony.
Canada getting on top of Alberta wildfire, Fort McMurray off limits GREGOIRE LAKE, Alberta (Reuters) - Canadian officials yesterday showed some optimism for the first time that they were beginning to get on top of the country’s most destructive wildfire in recent memory, as favourable weather helped firefighters and winds took the flames southeast, away from oil sands boomtown Fort McMurray. There was still no timeline, however, for getting Fort McMurray’s 88,000 inhabitants back into what remains of their town, or when energy companies would be able to restart operations at evacuated sites near to the town, which has cut the area’s oil output in half. “It definitely is a positive point for us, for sure,” said
Alberta fire official Chad Morrison in a news briefing, when asked if the fight to contain the flames had a reached a turning point. “We’re obviously very happy that we’ve held the fire better than expected,” said Morrison. “This is great firefighting weather, we can really get in here and get a handle on this fire, and really get a death grip on it.” The wildfire scorching
through Canada’s oil sands region in northeast Alberta since last week Sunday night had been expected to double in size yesterday, threatening the neighbouring province of Saskatchewan. But with the fire moving into its second week, light rains and cooler temperatures helped hold it back, giving officials hope that they can soon begin assessing the damage to Fort McMurray, close to where the fire started.
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Deyalsingh: I can permit medical marijuana imports Trinidad Guardian - Days after Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi announced that Government had begun the statistical groundwork on decriminalising marijuana possession, Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh confirmed that he had the authority to grant permission for the importation of medical marijuana. Outlining the regulations supporting the Dangerous Drugs Act which enabled him to allow the importation of such a product, Deyalsingh stressed that there were no regulations supporting marijuana cultivation and that he did not possess the power to grant a licence or permit for the local cultivation of the plant. Asked to indicate his
position on the issue during Saturday’s weekly media briefing at the Ministry of Health, Port-of-Spain, Deyalsingh revealed that permission had been granted by previous ministers on two separate occasions in the past. He said: “My understanding is that on at least two occasions in the past, whichever minister it was gave permission for the importation of medical marijuana to CARPHA/ CAREC and UWI for research purposes.” Deyalsingh said persons with research facilities were free to apply for permission to import the product, once they had the requisite paperwork organised. Providing an update on
the number of confirmed Zika cases in the country, Deyalsingh said it now stood at 23. Revealing that a second case of a pregnant woman being diagnosed with the virus had been recorded, the minister cited the doctor/ patient confidentiality clause as the reason for his being unable to share the patient’s age, address and details with the public. With only four chikungunya cases and five dengue fever cases recorded thus far for 2016, Deyalsingh said policy decisions along with the implementation of short- and medium-term measures had led to a drastic reduction in maternal mortality rates. He praised the actions by public health officials and private obstetricians who had heeded the ministry’s plea to utilise more cost-effective and life-saving measures for both mother and child. As the start of the rainy season was declared on May 2, Deyalsingh said within the next two weeks, the ministry would be rolling out another programme aimed at further reducing mosquito-breeding sites. He commended the regional corporations for
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh, right, speaks with members of the media during Saturday’s press conference at the ministry’s head office in Port- of-Spain. Also in the photo is chief medical officer Dr Akenath Misir. PHOTO: ABRAHAM DIAZ increasing their efforts to eradicate breeding sites, as he said members of the public were finally getting on board to clean up their homes and businesses. During the period October
2015 to May 2016, 91 confirmed H1N1 cases were recorded. The minister said while data indicated vaccination measures had spiked in January which had led to a
reduction in the number of cases recorded after this period, the ministry intended to begin vaccinating persons earlier this year as the new flu season was due to start shortly.
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DEMOCRACY ON TRIAL Is Guyana becoming more democratic? Or is democracy on trial One way of looking at it is to see that general and regional elections, certified as free and fair were held in May last year and local government elections, for which there have been no complaints of irregularities held in March of this year But are governmentsnational, regional and localthat emerged from those elections been operating in a democratic manner? Or have these authorities been flouting the will of the people by the manner in which decisions are being made? We have had a most distasteful situation in West Berbice where supporters of the APNU disrupted the holding of meetings of the Regional Democratic Council of Region 5. The reasons given are small-minded and petty. The Chairman is alleged to have stayed away from a meeting held by the President to hand over a bus to the RDC for use
by school children. This was viewed by supporters of the APNU as an insult to the President and so they are demanding an apology from the Chairman and are disrupting the holding of meetings until this apology is forthcoming. The Chairman has denied the allegation that he deliberately stayed away but even if he did do so, that his prerogative. He is an elected representative of the people and is not subordinate to the President and the supporters of APNU seem to feel. The disruption of the meetings is a case of bullyism. There is nothing wrong in demanding an apology but to hold the meetings of the council to ransom for the apology is in effect seeking to use force and pressure for an act that should be free and voluntarily. Those demanding an apology really do not want an apology; they are seeking to
humiliate the person form whom the apology is demanded. He should not apologize under circumstances that amount to duress. He should not apologize because he had a right to not attend and in fact the event in question was turned into a partisan political affair. One should not expect public officials to be part of that sort of charade. How democratic also is the decision of central government to decide on the future of the town of Bartica? Should it not be a decision of the Town Council and the people of Bartica to determine whether their town should be a solar town? Local government elections were supposed to give people a say in what was happening. But it seems as if decisions are being made for the people outside of their representative organizations. This is weakness of our system of local government
which must be corrected as soon as possible because if this trend continues, local authorities are going to be puppets of central administration and this is not what was promised. The promises sound good and are well meaning but in the final analysis it is for the people to decide. Finally, there is the issue once again with the vendors. When is a meeting of the full Council going to be held to
debate the decision. The decision will be carried because the ruling coalition dominates the composition of City Hall but democracy is about a process and that process should allow those who are opposed to have their say and for their views to be recorded for posterity? That debate will also help to clarify how major decisions are to be taken. The decision to remove the Stabroek vendors is not an ordinary
decision. It reflects a major policy change because even as late as last Christmas there were persons saying that some amount of vending had to be tolerated. Vendors were being charged one thousand dollars per week as a cleansing fee while legitimate shop owners were being asked to pay two thousand five hundred dollars per day. This was unfair. More unfairness is likely to come unless people begin to speak out against what is happening in the country.
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Guyana’s manufacturing sector…
Too many traders, too few manufacturers BY KIANA WILBURG In the 90s, Guyana’s manufacturing sector was crawling with innovators. There was an insatiable desire to manufacture almost everything that was needed for local consumption. In those days, manufactures produced matches, jams and jellies, mosquito coils, even the detergents needed by the housewife. Manufacturers then also got involved in producing pasteurized milk; they established a ham and bacon
factory and constructed several facilities to generate canned products. Today, the manufacturing sector makes a marginal contribution to the overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Fifty years later, it is bloated with hundreds of foreign products like those it once produced for domestic consumption. We have packaged plantain chips from Trinidad…packaged coconut milk and coconut oil from the United States. It has left many wondering whether the sector
consists of merchants instead of manufacturers. Sharing his thoughts recently on the matter was Kaieteur News columnist, Fredrick Kissoon. He believes that in the immediate postindependence period under the late President Forbes Burnham’s, there was a greater emphasis on manufacturing as a policy of economic development. The political activist said, however, that the late President Desmond Hoyte’s economic recovery programme adopted a
neoliberal approach to economic development. Kissoon opined that this impacted adversely on the manufacturing sector and since then, it has never recovered. “We continue to build an economy based on the export of raw materials and what has essentially happened is that the economy has become one of trade with no serious manufacturing dimensions. And what we do have in terms of manufactured products cannot compete internationally. We manufacture sweets, we assemble some types of industrial goods and cooking condiments and those cannot compete even regionally…” Sharing his thoughts on the issue recently was University Professor, Dr. David Hinds. He opined that manufacturing is certainly one of the ways to reinvigorate the village economy which is something President David Granger has spoken about. The University professor said that Guyana has a history of small manufacturing initiatives that could be used as a template now. He said that in the 1970s many such initiatives had sprung up across the country. He said that there has been a tendency in developing economies like Guyana’s to put all the emphasis on attracting large foreign investments and not paying enough attention to small and medium sized manufacturing. Dr. Hinds said that that is an inadequate model which Guyana has been guilty of following. The University Professor said that it is important for Guyana to embrace a mixed model, which partly asks the following question - How does this policy benefit our poor people? The political activist said that what has affected the sector in his belief is the Free trade principle which has led to a liberal flow of foreign goods into Guyana’s market. Dr. Hinds said that is always going to be a challenge but he is sure that the government can guarantee that local manufacturing is protected and given prominence in its own markets. While Kissoon and Hinds share similar views, Finance Minister, Winston Jordan believes otherwise. He has been unashamedly critical of the Guyana Manufacturing Services Association for crying out about the challenges it faced; challenges which have been affecting the sector “since Noah built the ark.” He actually made his disappointment known as he bemoaned the fact that no
product of Guyanese origin is a household name in Caricom, save and except El Dorado rum. Jordan acknowledges that efforts and strides have been made by some in the sector. Regardless of this, the Finance Minister is of the firm belief that the sector can do much more and has been doing much more in the past. The Minister said, “I reflect on the 1970s and 1980s – periods in our history that were characterized by economic crises that led to banning and restrictions of many items. And I recall the inventions, innovations and the sheer will to survive that those crises called forth.” “In those trying times, more goods were manufactured, canned or assembled domestically: vehicles, bicycles, refrigerators, freezers, radio, matches, tooth paste, etc. In the agriculture sector, we had canned pineapple and orange juice, smoked and other forms of ham, salted fish, and so forth. “Even in the 1980s, an enterprising Frenchman took heart of palm, canned it in a place not known for its electricity, and exported the finished product to French Guiana and France.” The Finance Minister said, that too many of Guyana’s private sector players seem content to chase after the quick dollar by importing a lot of cheap products to be sold in a lowwage economy. He said that some of the items are of such poor quality and low standard that he marvels at how they could find a market in Guyana. “But if Barbados can sell us sugar cake, Trinidad can sell us fried channa in plastic bottles, assorted tamarind balls and fudge in boxes; if we can import matches from as far away as Czech Republic and Poland or plantain and cassava chips from Central America, why can’t we manufacture these basic products, where we have all the ingredients grown locally and sell to our neighbours?,” inquired the Minister. He also hammered home the stark reality that Guyana has no multinational or mainstream international companies. Jordan said, too, that Guyana has exporters and resellers as well as a few manufacturers and even fewer who actually export to CARICOM and further afield. The Minister said that a sober analysis of the Private Sector would reveal several characteristics. He noted in this regard that the Private Sector is technologically unsophisticated having never gone through an industrial revolution. “Our infrastructure, technology,
Finance Minister, Winston Jordan
Kaieteur News columnist, Fredrick Kissoon
University Professor, Dr. David Hinds marketing sophistication, global competitiveness and industrialization stage confirm this,” said the Minister. “The Private Sector, for the most part, has been inward-looking in its orientation; a paradox in itself given that the domestic market is small while Guyana enjoys tremendous comparative advantages in many areas and has several bilateral and multilateral trade and economic agreements.” Given this state of affairs in the sector, Jordan said that manufacturing in Guyana must become a key driver of rapid economic growth, and the associated creation of employment, both directly and indirectly. Jordan said that there is considerable accumulated evidence that manufacturing still functions as the heart of the economic development process. Jordan said that to transcend the dominant and traditional revenue earners, “we must manufacture. We must add value.”
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Granger promises new projects will create new careers With the perception that jobs are scarce and criticism emanating from some quarters, President David Granger is calling for a collective change to the population’s mindset of entitlement and the feeling that the administration owes the populace jobs. The Head of State expressed this view during the weekly televised programme ‘Public Interest’. According to Granger, while the government did not have jobs to give out, they would instead like to help people to help themselves. He did cite certain initiatives, such as the measures being taken to advance Guyana’s renewable energy policy, as moves that will open up opportunities for new and diverse careers. According to Granger, Government is moving to ensure that all Government buildings, as well as the Public Buildings and universities are outfitted with equipment such as solar panels. According to Granger, Government is working on making the former community of Bartica, Region seven, into a model community which could display all the attributes of a sustainable, renewable
President David Granger energy policy. Bartica was elevated to township status on Saturday. “(This will be done) using wind, water, solar, biomass particularly,” he said. “We can have students (and) businessmen go there and see that technology at work.” “Those are some of the directions we are moving forward to and now that we are taking more decisive steps in renewable energy, we expect that a lot of young people will be going into those fields and into smaller areas like solar panels and learning to erect some of these structures and service them in the hinterland.”
Granger also spoke of encouraging persons to get involved in agro processing. In addition, he touted e n c o u r a g i n g entrepreneurship, from as early as school, rather than everyone looking forward for work in the state sector. “We want to help people to help themselves,” he stressed. “The government certainly does not have jobs to give out to people. We want to ensure that more people stay in school and qualify. We want to ensure more employment opportunities are open in the private sector.” The President emphasized that Guyana is a promising country, but that people need to change the mindset that Government owes them employment. He stated that instead, there is a need to create in the minds of youths the desire to work and to excel. “In fact, I believe that Guyana has greater prospects than other Caribbean countries in that regard,” he said. In his 2016 budget speech, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan had spoken of publicizing Guyana’s advantages to attract new
and diverse industries and consequently, jobs. He had stated that for this year, GOInvest would increase its engagements with the Diaspora in order to get them to reinvest home. Recapping GO-Invest’s achievements for 2015, he had stated that the agency facilitated 148 projects across sectors such as agriculture, tourism, forestry, Information and Communication Technology and energy. “The potential value of investment facilitated amounted to $89.3 billion, while the total potential jobs numbered about 8, 400,” Jordan had said. “GO-Invest also facilitated 44 Foreign Direct Investments. In 2016,
the agency hopes to facilitate 160 new investments worth a total of $11 billion.” Pointing out that a challenge to getting investors was the lack of facilities with full utility services, Jordan had stated that Government would build and upgrade industrial estates at Belvedere and Lethem. The effects of this, he had said, would be to create business ventures in light manufacturing, wood working and fabrication, in addition to creating thousands of jobs. He had also cited the potential of the tourism sector to create jobs and economic growth for Guyana. While Government is
making moves to create more employment, the 2015 US State Department report on Human Rights has highlighted that Guyana’s existing work environment is far from healthy. According to the report, though there is a law which prohibits workplace discrimination based on race, gender, disability, language, social status or national origin, it was not effectively enforced. “Job vacancy notices routinely specified that the employer sought only male or only female applicants, and women earned approximately 61 percent less than men for equal work,” the report also stated.
High incidence of unreported cases of rape, sexual assault continues to plague Guyana - US reports A high incidence of unreported cases of rape and sexual assault continues to haunt Guyana. This is according to information provided by the United States Department report on human rights for 2015. In a detailed document, the US government outlined a large number of cases of rape and other forms of sexual assaults are unreported to authorities, most likely due to fear of stigma, a lack of confidence in authorities, retribution, or further violence. The report noted that the law criminalizes rape, including spousal rape; successful prosecution of cases of rape was infrequent. “Based on media reports and commentary from Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs), a high incidence of rape and sexual assault was not reflected in official statistics.” According to the document, the authorities received 233 reports of rape last year but only 36 persons were charged. The US government also highlighted the court backlog on tackling cases of sexual violence. “A judge has discretion to issue a sentence of any length in a rape conviction, depending upon the circumstances and severity of the act committed. The norm appeared to be a sentence of five to 10 years’ imprisonment.” Acts of sexual harassment involving physical assault are prosecuted under relevant criminal statutes. But while reports of sexual harassment
were common, no cases were filed. “Charges of sexual harassment often were settled out of court,” the US reported. The Department outlined monetary penalties and award of damages to victims, but the law’s scope
is confined to the workplace. For instance, the law does not cover harassment in schools. Acts of sexual harassment involving physical assault are prosecuted under relevant criminal statutes. In 2015, the police received 2,170 reports of domestic violence cases, and 1,131 persons were arraigned on charges. According to the US State Department domestic violence and violence against women, including spousal abuse, was widespread. “The law prohibits domestic violence and allows victims to seek prompt protection, occupation, or tenancy orders from a magistrate. Penalties for violation of protection orders include fines up to $10,000 in addition to 12 months’ imprisonment.” With regards to survivors of domestic crimes, the State
Department noted that quite frequently such persons were unwilling to press charges due to a lack of confidence in obtaining a remedy through the courts. “Some preferred to reach a pecuniary settlement out of court. There were reports of police accepting bribes from perpetrators and other reports of magistrates applying inadequate sentences after conviction. According to the document, NGOs, police units were required to have domestic violence units where victims could be counseled in private. In most cases NGOs have observed that domestic violence reports were not taken confidentially but rather were discussed in the open at police stations and were not treated as a matter of urgency. According to the report, NGOs handled cases of abuse and violence, including child, spousal, and other domestic abuse, and provided psychosocial services to those victims. The government and private donors funded Help & Shelter, an NGO, to run a free shelter for victims of domestic violence and operate a hotline to counsel victims. “The Help & Shelter also conducted awareness sessions to sensitize individuals about domestic violence and counseled persons aff e c t e d by domestic abuse or violence during face-to-face counseling sessions and via the hotline.”
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A VERY COMPLEX MATTER Just over a week ago, the present ruling party in Trinidad and Tobago, the People’s National Movement (PNM), announced that it was going to build a fivestorey Headquarters Complex which would be named the “Eric Williams Memorial Building” after the nation’s first Prime Minister and major founder of the Party, Dr. Eric Williams, who is known as the “Father of the Nation”. While a few people complained about the party setting a poor example by spending a lot of money during a recession, a few of us remembered Dr. Williams had made it clear that he wanted his death to be treated as a private matter and without fuss. An article in the Trinidad Express (March 20, 2011) reminded us that in 1978, three years before he died on March 29, 1981, Dr. Williams had stated, “I say it with all humility and hope not to be misunderstood or misinterpreted, I wish, and
never have wished, no honour, no tribute, no commendation of any sort, no official or public ceremonies when the time comes. I have asked my daughter, who agrees with my decision, to ensure compliance and plead for your goodwill and your respect of what is a deeply personal wish, aimed at nobody, critical of no policy.” Of course, this is a request which (to quote Shakespeare’s Hamlet), “More honour’d in the breach than the observance.” Actually, the question is why does the wish of the dying “father” go unheeded by those who call themselves his “children”? The first person to ignore the request from Dr. Williams was his successor, George Chambers, who named the Medical Complex in Mount Hope and the downtown twin towers that dominated the skyline in the early eighties, after Dr. Williams. Some of his advisors saw it as good
politics to keep the Eric Williams name and mystique alive as part of a strategy to win the 1986 election. Unfortunately, capitalizing on the legacy of Dr. Williams did not help and the party got only three of the thirty-six available seats. The Williams mystique was no great help to Mr. Chambers. I remember after a particularly trying day he complained bitterly to me, “Tony, people keep pushing me to do what Dr. Williams would have done, saying ‘If Dr. Williams was here this is what would have happened and this is what he would do, and this is what you should do.’ And when you do it, they say ‘Look at he, who he think he is, Eric Williams? He trying to behave like Dr. Williams, but he can’t even polish Williams shoes.’” Another Prime Minister, Patrick Manning, was taken to task both by the citizenry and electorate for comparing himself with Dr. Williams and laying claim to being another
“Father of the Nation”. Dr. Williams was not the first “father” or major political and national figure whose wishes about what he wanted after his death were sacrificed on the altar of political expediency. Vladimir Lenin was an earlier victim. Despite his request to be buried quietly next to his mother in St. Petersburg, Lenin was mummified and put on display in a mausoleum in Red Square, at the centre of Moscow. However, following leaks and now further problems with the building, a white dome was built over the tomb and there is talk of finally burying Lenin. This has become a political issue, some arguing that burying Lenin physically would symbolise Russia’s escape from his legacy, much as Stalin was removed from the same mausoleum during de-Stalinisation in 1961. Recently A chiropractor in Pittsburgh had one last dying wish that appeared in his obituary: “Don’t vote for Donald Trump.” It is still too
Mauled by a jaguar three years ago…
Jasmine’s relatives express gratitude to GPHC team Three years after little Jasmine Joseph’s face and head were almost ripped off by a jaguar, her relatives are still expressing their gratitude to the doctors and nurses at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for saving her life. They said that had it not been for the medical personnel at the hospital, the outcome might have been different. Today, Jasmine is as normal as any other child except for a mark across her forehead. Her grandmother, Agatha Joseph said that Jasmine remembers very little of what had happened to her three years ago in their home village, Isseneru, Region Seven. According to the older Joseph, her granddaughter only recalled that her uncle had chopped the jaguar with his cutlass. “She would tell me and her friends that jaguar attack her and that her uncle chop it up.” The woman said that since Jasmine’s attack, they have never seen a jaguar in the village. The little girl’s injuries were so severe that parts of her scalp were torn— that part was later recovered in their yard. It was the jaguar’s second attack on her. Because of her injuries, no one thought that she would have survived; not even her grandmother, especially since she was attached to a life support machine and was breathing through a ventilator for days.
When she arrived at the hospital after the attack The incident happened on December 27, 2013. Jasmine was air dashed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after being mauled by the feline creature. She suffered from deep lacerations over her scalp, face and torso. Her skull and left side jaw were fractured. She underwent a plate implantation for a fractured skull. Medical workers at the hospital had told this newspaper that the little girl was a fighter. They said that she survived the attack like a “champ.” During her recovery stage at the hospital, little Jasmine told reporters, “He (jaguar) jump on me and I fall down.” According to information received, the child was in her yard playing when the animal attacked her and dragged her into nearby bushes. Her uncle, who was in the house, heard her screams and rushed to her aid with a cutlass.
Assisted by neighbours, the man reportedly killed the animal before burning it. Workers from the Isseneru Health Centre came to the child’s aid, wrapping her wounds and rendering other basic assistance. Back then, Agatha Joseph had told this newspaper that she left Jasmine and two other grandchildren with their aunt at home to attend a nearby church service. “I left home like 07:00(am). We were going around the village to pray for sick people and around 09:00hrs we hear loud screams coming from across the river and we thought that them children went into a boat and fall in the water so we send somebody to check and then lil after them come back with my granddaughter in the boat.”
This is Jasmine Joseph presently She was then taken to the GPHC. Studies done internationally suggested that jaguar attacks on humans rarely occur in the wild and when they do, they are often fatal. According to the report, hundreds of deaths are caused by large cat attacks annually worldwide.
early in the game to see whether his wish would be ignored by his family and friends. However, in another case, the media reported that Zack Snyder, the film director stepped in after a Facebook page entitled ‘Batman4Bazz’ was launched in an attempt to convince producers to allow Batman “superfan” Barry Henderson to watch the hugely-anticipated movie before his death. The 48-year-old died from cancer last month just weeks after the campaign was launched and his sister Gwendoline has since confirmed that his wish was granted. So, in the case of Dr. Williams, why did his followers not accede to and honour their leader’s request? More, he once referred to many of them as “millstones” so is it political payback time? Or is it once more an attempt to rally a party that is losing political support and sees Williams as its savior? The one question few people ask is how Dr. Williams feels about this. One of his closest friends was John O’Halloran who was able to
get away with crimes that many other people have done major jail-time for. When John O’Halloran finally reached the Pearly Gates, he asked St Peter if he could talk to his old friend and ally. St Peter was not very helpful, “Listen, there are a lot of Eric Williams up here and some due over the next few years. I need more information than that.” Johnny O thought a bit and then said, “We used to call him Bill.” St Peter was impatient, “Look man, we have thousands of people named Bill Williams up here, is there anything else you can tell me about him.” Johnny O had a flash of inspiration, “Well he once told me if they ignored his wish and named anything after him, he would turn over in his grave.” “Oh,” St Peter said triumphantly, “you mean ‘Revolving Bill’!” *Tony Deyal was last seen saying that Dr. Williams was an extremely complex character with many stories told about his moods so that perhaps his party thinks it fitting to have a five-story building for its Headquarters Complex.
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Mark Benschop confronts Donald Ramotar DEAR EDITOR; There are few experiences that are more nauseating than having to read the hypocritical and deceitful bottom house prattling of former President Donald Ramotar and his barefaced PPP colleagues, as they launch accusations against the current Government for doing what had become a standard feature of PPP governance and policy in Guyana. The PPP Government under President Jagdeo and Ramotar, patented a form of racial and ethnic discrimination that had no precedence in the British Commonwealth political Basin of nations. In fact, one would have to go to the most historically severe and atrocious examples of power being used in that context, to find anything that matches what Guyana experienced under the PPP. And since ‘Comrade’ Ramotar took the liberty of presenting his examples of what he described as racist occurrences under the PNC and present Government (keeping in mind that the daydreamers in the PNC, and this current regime can one day defend themselves, hopefully) I crave your indulgence to respond with factual evidence that unambiguously demonstrate how selective and dysfunctional is the moral compass he uses to chart the course his perspective takes. I can point to my personal ordeal, where I was arrested (putting aside the dozens of arrests) and prosecuted on a fabricated treason charge under the corrupt PPP regime as an example that makes ‘Comrade’ Ramotar outrage over the justified prosecution of Kwame McCoy ludicrous. McCoy is being prosecuted for assaulting someone
who is not a member of the Government or PPP. He is being prosecuted for assaulting someone who was a vocal and unrepentant critic of the PNC, AFC and APNU when they were in opposition, and who has continued to critique their performance now that they are in Government. That this is where he has gone to find something to hang racism upon demonstrate how really sophomoric and undeveloped is his capacity for cogency in his examinations. Even further, I spent more than five years in prison because of racial and political persecution from the PPP Government of which ‘Comrade’ Ramotar was General Secretary. And even after an 11-1 division in favor my acquittal by a jury of my peers, the PPP regime vindictively kept me under lockdown as a political prisoner. Mr. Editor there is more evidence of Kwame McCoy’s violation of the law in the offence for which he was charged, than there was in the case the PPP regime brought against me. But this is in keeping with ‘Comrade’ Ramotar’s Orwellian equal and more equal way of viewing and examining issues in this world and especially in Guyana. We can well recall the incident of his son knocking down the nephew of Freddie Kissoon, and driving away without offering him succor. Even more evident of the disfigured and Orwellian psychological incubator in which the thoughts and perspectives of ‘Comrade’ Ramotar are formed and shaped, is the fact that the victim of this accident was never contacted at the time by ‘Comrade’ Ramotar or his son, and the complete disregard
they displayed for the life and well being of a Guyanese citizen who, clearly and unarguably, they consider as someone who had no rights which they, comfortably ensconced in their castle of political and ethnic power, had any obligation to recognized and respect. Mr. Editor, I come now to the most glaring example and evidence of the PPP’s ethno/racial prejudice, and which, when there were similar occurrences in places like Peru and Liberia, Bosnia and Iraq, the leaders of those nations were held accountable, and some ended up before local or international courts, and were found guilty and sentenced to prison. If ‘Comrade’ Ramotar is allowed to provide his perspective on what he interpreted to be racist behaviors in Guyana, surely you must accord the same privilege to those of us who find his position to be an example of the most repugnant display of hypocrisy. Under the laws of Guyana, every citizen is presumed innocent until they are found guilty by a duly instituted Court of Law in the land. We know and recognize that we have criminality in Guyana (some at the highest level under the PPP regime, including child molesters) and that even now it has reached proportions that appear unmanageable. But we also know and recognize that there is a stain on the face of this nation in which the PPP had a hand in painting. I refer of course to the hundreds of citizens who were murdered by vigilante gangs led by persons with links to the PPP. I refer of course to the fact that the motive expressed by those gangs was that the citizens were
FORMER PRESIDENT, DONALD RAMOTAR COMPLAINS DEAR EDITOR; The Guyana Times last week carried a story about “Another Beverage Company sues government for billions.” This unfortunate situation is the result of the APNU and AFCs short sighted and vindictive politics. This should never have happened if those parties while in opposition had shown an iota of patriotism. This matter arose some years ago when Rudisa Beverages of Suriname sued the Guyana Government for violating the Caricom agreement in relation to the treatment of a Caricom company operating in Guyana. This action was in relation to the Environmental tax that the PPP/C government had imposed on companies bringing in plastic bottles in our country. It affected mainly Soft Drink Companies. The contention was that the local companies, mainly Banks and DDL, were not subjected to the same tax. This case should never have reached the CCJ for a decision, because the company and the PPP/ C government had reached agreement with Rudisa that if all the companies were treated the same,
Rudisa would drop the case. The PPP/C consulted both local companies, did not have full agreement, but it was decided to cut the tax by half and apply it to all the companies operating in Guyana. We thought that the opposition would find no difficulty in supporting this, that the opposition would realize the cost to Guyana’s taxpayers and support the amendment to the law. Unfortunately the opposition saw this as another tool to damage the PPP/C government. Despite very forceful and convincing arguments by Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, Attorney General, Anil Nandlall and Carolyn Rodrigues, the APNU and AFC voted against the Bill. As a result, the case went forward and the CCJ ruled in favour of the company. The Guyana government had to find US$6 million to honour the award of the CCJ. This amount could have been invested in sugar and prevent any closure of estates. The PPP/C had also warned that that would not be the end of the matter. It was pointed out, then, that some companies from Trinidad and
Tobago could also take Guyana to court because the case with Rudisa was the same. APNU and AFC seemed delighted to hear this seeing that it would hurt the PPP/C government. That seemed to spur them even more to vote against the amendment. As things turned out, those parties are in Government now and had to pay the US$6 million which they so delighted in imposing on the Guyanese taxpayers. What the PPP/C warned them about is now coming to pass. Companies from T&T are now suing the government as well. This can cost the taxpayers of Guyana much more than the Rudisa judgement. Some of those companies are much bigger and the award can be even greater. This was totally unnecessary and completely avoidable. However the APNU and AFC displayed a strong unpatriotic stance and a level of selfishness unseen in our country. These are the parties that now wield power in our country. The level of vindictiveness and hatred is unprecedented. The cost of such an attitude is great. The bill is climbing. Donald Ramotar
criminal suspects. And I make link to the fact that the vast majority of those citizens were of African descent. When this is put together objectively with the fact that over the more than a decade duration of the PPP being power during this era, and no real effort ever being made by them to deal with has to be the greatest infamy in the post independent life of this country, one is left with no choice but to conclude that for the PPP regime, the victim of those killings had no rights which they felt duty bound to respect. For your enlightenment Mr. Editor, I would advise that you investigate which crimes the PPP Government offered rewards for information. Surely one can assess the willingness of a Government to stop such happenings and to go after the perpetrators by examining the legal machinations they were willing to employ to get evidence against such perpetrators. Mr. Editor, under ‘Comrade’ Donald Ramotar’s failed Presidency, there was an editorial in the State controlled Newspaper, the Chronicle, in which it was argued that the parents of African Guyanese trained their kids to rob and kill Indian Guyanese. Nowhere in this civilized world would such an editorial be published in a periodical controlled by the state. The PPP regime never condemned or took action against the Editor and Manager responsible for allowing that racist stereotyping of African Guyanese to be published. And we cannot separate this fact from the attitude and behaviors of the PPP Government in reaction to the murderous assaults unleashed on a specific group this country. For the edification of ‘Comrade’ Ramotar and his assembly of uninformed, and Hitler like colleagues who seek to redefine the universal meaning and context of terms like racism and racist, racial or ethnic prejudice is a product of people making judgments about individuals and groups based on illformed and stereotyped negative allusions. At its foundation, is the notion that certain groups are inferior and that this is a condition that is unalterable and passed down from generation to generation. One can always detect traces of this in the manner in which individuals or groups address each other, the behaviors they attribute to others. And when we examine the landscape of politics and social interaction in Guyana, the only political organization from which
there are emanations of vile and despicable racist innuendos, and glaring verbiage that represent unambiguous pandering to the most visceral racist inclinations of people, happens to be the PPP. What we have to accept is that in the fractured and disfigured mindset of ‘Comrade’ Ramotar and others within his ethnic and political circle, a racist has been redefined from someone who does not like Indian Guyanese because their ethnicity, to someone who, some Indian Guyanese like ‘Comrade’ Ramotar and others, do not like. This is the immoral trajectory along which their thinking flow. You see, ‘Comrade’ Ramotar and the backward thinking PPP leadership, as one of my friends describes them, represent the current day human replicas of George Orwell’s revolutionary animal farm porcine characters, down to the concept that some groups and individuals are more equal than others. After 23 years of being in absolute power, where they could redefine every single positive moral and ethical principle that had influenced behavior in Guyana from time immemorial, ‘Comrade’ Ramotar and his morally bankrupt colleagues had come to the conviction that such privilege is theirs by some divine right. So any interruption of that privilege becomes racist, becomes undemocratic, becomes oppression. Nowhere is this more explicitly obvious than in his assertion that David Hinds changed from a balanced activist when he opposed Burnham, into an African racist when he criticized the way that the PPP was governing the country. That is the way the racist mindset rationalizes its disposition. So for ‘Comrade’ Ramotar and his coterie of like minded associates, the concepts of democracy and equality under the law, among other things, are developed within mindsets shaped by a sense of entitlement to rule, to enjoy privileges that are outside the reach of others. Their psyches are inundated with arrogance and hubris, and these takes up so much space that there can be no accommodation of commonsense, or an appreciation for fairness and balance. They are what they are, and there is nothing earthly that one can do to alter or change that reality. Mark A. Benschop Former Political Prisoner 2002 to 2007
APPLYING GEORGE...
From page 5 citizens of this nation. That’s what Orwell meant when he said ‘’but some animals are more equal than some’’ depicting man with a greedy and unscrupulous mentality. It’s about time our soldiers be placed to guard government buildings and banks, and patrol the nation around the clock like Suriname. We must accept one fact: that after 50 years of independence we have become a failed nation, failing to protect the rights and dignity of our citizens. What have we really achieved after 50 years of bad administration? It’s time we rise up and take back this nation all of us from every religion, creed, culture and race must fight for justice to protect this nation Rev Cecil Gideon
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Trump says he’s open to raising Al Qaeda chief tells jihadist taxes on wealthy Americans fighters in Syria - Unite or die Reuters - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said yesterday he was open to raising taxes on the rich, backing off his prior proposal to reduce taxes on all Americans and breaking with one of his party’s core policies dating back to the 1990s. “I am willing to pay more, and you know what, the wealthy are willing to pay more,” Trump told ABC’s “This Week.” After effectively sealing the Republican nomination last week for the Nov. 8 presidential election, Trump has used speeches and interviews to offer more details on his policy positions. The billionaire real estate tycoon has said he would like to see an increase in the minimum wage, although he told NBC’s “Meet the Press” yesterday he would prefer to see states take the lead on that front instead of the federal government. “I don’t know how people make it on $7.25 an hour,” Trump said of the current federal minimum wage. “I would like to see an increase of some magnitude. But I’d rather leave it to the states. Let the states decide.” Trump’s call for higher
Donald Trump taxes on the wealthy is a break with Republican presidential nominees who have staunchly opposed tax hikes for almost three decades. Higher taxes have been anathema to many in the party since former President George H.W. Bush infuriated fellow Republicans by abandoning a pledge not to raise taxes and agreeing to an increase as part of a 1990 budget deal. Democrats, including presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, have pressed for increased taxes on the wealthiest Americans for years.
Trump released a tax proposal last September that included broad tax breaks for businesses and households. He proposed reducing the highest income tax rate to 25 percent from the current 39.6 percent rate. Pressed on the contradiction between his latest comments on taxes and the September tax plan, Trump said he viewed his original proposal as “a concept” and that he expected it would be changed following negotiations with Congress. “By the time it gets negotiated, it’s going to be a different plan,” Trump told ABC. He emphasised in separate interviews with ABC and NBC’s “Meet the Press” that his priorities were lowering taxes on the middle class and businesses. “The middle class has to be protected,” Trump told NBC. The rich are “probably going to end up paying more,” he said. Clinton’s campaign staff said Trump’s comments were an effort to pander to voters beyond those who supported him in the primary elections and that he had no intention of raising taxes for wealthy people.
Reuters - Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged rival jihadist fighters in Syria to unite or risk death but again decried fellow Sunni Muslim militants Islamic State as “extremists” in an audio recording posted online yesterday. As successor to Osama bin Laden, Zawahri has the allegiance of al Qaeda branches in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. But the group’s dominance is being challenged by Islamic State, which controls territory in Syria and Iraq and followings in Libya and Yemen. In Syria, al Qaeda offshoot Nusra Front and Islamic State are the two most powerful groups fighting government forces. Once a single group, they split in 2013, largely due to a power struggle among leaders. “We have to want the unity of the Mujahideen in Sham (Syria) so it will be liberated from the Russians and Western crusaders. My brothers ... the matter of unity
Ayman al-Zawahri is a matter of life or death for you,” Zawahri said. The authenticity of the recording, the first since January, could not be immediately verified, but it had the hallmarks of previous Zawahri tapes. In January, the Egyptian former doctor called for revenge after Saudi Arabia executed dozens of militants. He is believed to be hiding in a border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
On the recording, Zawahri lambasted a U.N.-backed political process to find a solution in Syria, and praised Nusra Front, which controls most of Idlib province. Nusra is also part of an alliance of Islamist brigades known as Jaish al Fateh, which is leading battles against Syrian government forces and its Russian- and Iranianbacked allies in the southern Aleppo countryside. In January, Nusra Front tried unsuccessfully to convince rival Islamist factions to merge into one unit, including the powerful Ahrar al-Sham. Zawahri also emphasised once again the ideological divide between al Qaeda and Islamic State, which is fighting a Western-led coalition and Russian forces while also clashing with Western-backed rebels and the Syrian army. He described them as “extremists and renegades” whose followers would eventually disavow their beliefs and methods.
Lawmaker in India’s Goa charged with buying, South Africa’s top anti-graft drugging and raping teen girl
official fears for her life Reuters - South Africa’s top anti-corruption official fears for her life after learning from an informant that hit men are being contracted to kill her, her spokeswoman said yesterday. Public Protector Thuli Madonsela is a leading public figure who scored a major victory when South Africa’s top court ruled on March 31 that President Jacob Zuma had violated the constitution by ignoring her instructions to pay back some of the $16 million (£11 million) of state money spent upgrading his private home. “On the 1st of April she received a text message from an informant, and that informant warned her to be
careful. That person said a top gangster in the Western Cape was paid to get a hit man to kill her,” said spokeswoman Kgalalelo Masibi, confirming a report in the Sunday Times newspaper. “She is concerned about her safety and security,” Masibi said, adding that Madonsela knew the informant personally. Western Cape province has a reputation for gangsterism and organised crime but Masibi said Madonsela did not know who wanted to kill her. Her office, which has a constitutional mandate, probes misconduct and abuse in state affairs and can have several investigations on the
go at any time. Masibi said Madonsela had immediately alerted South Africa’s VIP protection service to the threat and that her security had initially been beefed up, but had since been scaled down. “Security Services say that 95 percent of the time the informant is incorrect. But what if this falls under the 5 percent that is correct?” Masibi said. She also said Madonsela had been told by the informant that the hit “should be made to look natural”. Madonsela was quoted in the Sunday Times as saying she had stopped jogging and had become “cautious” about her movements. The opposition Democratic Alliance said in a statement that police must look into the alleged death threats. Police could not immediately be reached for comment.
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A lawmaker in India’s beach state of Goa has been charged with buying, drugging and raping a 16year-old girl in a case which will be closely watched by anti-slavery activists as the country moves to crackdown on human trafficking. Atanasio Monserrate, an independent legislator in Goa’s assembly, was detained on Thursday after the teenager told police she was sold to him by her mother and another woman. The former Goa education minister may be one of the first Indian lawmakers to be charged under recently enacted human trafficking legislation, said police on Friday. “We have charged him with various offences. These include drugging, sexual assault of a minor and trafficking,” a police officer
Atanasio Monserrate involved in the investigation told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone from Panaji, Goa’s capital. “I don’t have the figures, but yes, this could be one of the first MLAs (Member of the Legislative Assembly) charged under Section 370 which deals with human trafficking.”
The crime branch officer, who did not wish to be named, said Monserrate, a former member of main opposition Congress Party, has denied the charges and says conspiracy against him has been hatched by his political opponents. The girl, who is from St Cruz - the constituency which Monserrate represents - told police her mother sold her to work for him, but that he kept her confined, gave her drinks laced with drugs and raped her several times. Police did not disclose the amount she was sold f o r, b u t l o c a l m e d i a reported the teenager had cited a figure of five million rupees ($75,000) in her statement to police. Her mother has also been charged under the human trafficking law and is currently being questioned and a search is on for the second woman, said police. India is home to more than 14 of the world’s 36 million victims of slavery, ranging from bonded labour to prostitution, according to the 2014 Global Slavery Index.
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Nearly half of Europeans in poll want own votes on EU, like UK LONDON (Reuters) Nearly half of voters in eight big European Union countries want to be able to vote on whether to remain members of the bloc, just as Britons will in a referendum next month, according to an opinion poll published today. Forty-five percent of more than 6,000 people surveyed in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain and Sweden said they wanted their own vote, and a third would opt to leave the EU if given the chance, poll firm Ipsos-MORI said. The size of the potential “Out” vote ranges from as high as 48 and 41 percent in Italy and France respectively to as low as 22 and 26 percent in Poland and Spain, the firm said. “The Italians in particular hope to have their own opportunity to go to the polls on their EU membership, which lends a sense that even if the (British) vote does ... stick with the status quo in June, it will not be the end of the EU’s woes,” said Bobby Duffy, head of social research at Ipsos-MORI.
Bobby Duffy Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement has grown into the country’s secondbiggest political force, and wants an exit from the euro currency zone. France’s hardright National Front party also wants to drop the single currency. The Ipsos-MORI online poll found that 49 percent of people in the eight countries thought Britain would vote to leave the EU on June 23, higher than the number in Britain itself, which stood at 35 percent, the survey
showed. And 51 percent said a socalled Brexit would hurt the EU’s economy, while only 36 percent thought it would hurt Britain’s. British “Out” campaigners have said the country would be in a strong position in any negotiations on a new trade deal after leaving the bloc, given its standing as the world’s fifthbiggest economy. The “Out” campaign has also warned that the EU is destined for deeper political union, but the Ipsos-MORI poll showed few voters in Europe think that is likely. Just over 20 percent of respondents in all nine EU countries covered by the survey, including Britain, thought there would be more integration by 2020 compared with 40 percent who thought there would be less. Forty-eight percent of voters thought a Brexit vote next month would result in other countries also leaving the bloc, compared with 18 percent who disagreed. The poll was conducted between March 25 and April 8.
Former Brazil minister, BNDES head pressured firms for donations – report Reuters - A former Brazilian finance minister and the current head of the nation’s state development bank allegedly pressured big construction firms into making campaign donations for President Dilma Rousseff, a newspaper reported Sunday. The Folha de S. Paulo newspaper cited testimony it says Marcelo Odebrecht, the jailed former chief executive of the Odebrecht construction conglomerate, gave while trying to broker a deal to become a state’s witness. According to Folha, Odebrecht told prosecutors that former Finance Minister Guido Mantega and BNDES head Luciano Coutinho were in charge of pressuring businesses that secured BNDES loans for overseas work to make contributions to Rousseff’s 2014 reelection. In a written statement given to Folha, Coutinho denied playing any role in Rousseff’s campaign, while Mantega’s lawyer Jose Batochio said his client also had nothing to do with obtaining donations for the
Guido Mantega president’s reelection. Neither Mantega nor BNDES responded to requests for comment, and Rousseff’s office did not return calls. Odebrecht’s lawyers also did not respond to calls and emails seeking comment. Folha did not say how it acquired the leaked testimony or when Odebrecht gave it. Odebrecht, who ran Latin America’s largest engineering firm, was sentenced in March to more than 19 years on
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corruption charges for his role in a massive graft scheme that has engulfed state-run oil company Petrobras. His company used BNDES loans to finance several large projects abroad. If prosecutors accept him as a witness he could cut his sentence in half under Brazilian law. The report is the first time that Brazil’s BNDES development bank has been linked to the Petrobras scandal, though federal prosecutors speaking on background have long indicated the institution is a likely target in the probe. The investigation into graft at Petrobras, dubbed “Operation Car Wash,” has uncovered a kickback scheme that has ensnared dozens of top politicians and high-level executives at Brazil’s biggest construction and engineering firms. Prosecutors say company officials paid billions in bribes over several years in return for bloated contracts. Rousseff has not been linked to the payment of bribes and impeachment proceedings against her are not connected to the probe. The Senate is due to vote this week whether to put her on trial for her removal from office.
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Foreign Minister to continue dialogue with T&T on Immigration Stalemate The Gleaner - The contentious issue of free movement of Jamaicans into Trinidad is expected to be high on the agenda of Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith while at the 19th meeting of CARICOM’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) in Kingstown, St Vincent. Both countries have been at odds in recent months over the treatment of Jamaicans entering Trinidad and the significant numbers of Jamaicans expelled or prevented from entering the twin-island republic. Johnson Smith has indicated that bilateral talks over the issue have been progressing with Trinidad, with reports last week quoting her as saying that Trinidad was in the process of establishing a facility to house Jamaicans and other CARICOM nationals denied entry into Trinidad. Johnson Smith says she expects to continue the immigration-related talks with her Trinidad counterpart during the two-day meeting,
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Kamina Johnson Smith which starts today. The CARICOM Council meetings serve as the main platform for CARICOM foreign ministers to strengthen the region’s foreign policy coordination and harmonise positions on regional and international issues of common interest. The CARICOM ministers will discuss the recently concluded CARICOM-USA Energy Summit, CARICOMCuba relations, as well as CARICOM-EU cooperation in the context of a possible UK exit from the EU.
Holness reassures US investors WASHINGTON DC, United States — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reassured United States (US) investors that the Government has already moved to get rid of unnecessary delays and bottlenecks to investing in Jamaica. Addressing more than 40 investors at a joint meeting of the US Chamber of Commerce and the American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica (AMCHAM) in Washington, DC, last Thursday, the Prime Minister said the Government was mindful of delays in the country’s investment process, so it was necessary to overhaul the system. He said that with the establishment of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Office of the Prime Minister, investments will be fast-tracked. The Prime Minister said that all agencies responsible for granting approvals fall under that ministry, and once all the basic requirements are satisfied, investors seeking permits will deal with that one ministry. He pointed out that this will eliminate the need to obtain multiple approvals which, in the past, created
AMCHAM Jamaica President Ron McKay (second left) adjusts the lapel of Prime Minister Andrew Holness’s coat at the end of the event. At left is AMCHAM Jamaica Vice President Andrew Pairman. significant delays in investment projects. “My Government will ensure that the risk to investment is minimised; that foreign investors can feel comfortable about the process of transitioning from
the US into Jamaica and that the process is as seamless as possible,” Holness said. The Prime Minister encouraged investors to come to Jamaica as the country is open for business and there are many investment opportunities available. F o r h e r p a r t , Vi c e President of the US Chamber of Commerce, Jodi Hanson Bond, lauded Jamaica for its strong democracy which, she says is one of the values that make the country a distinctive place in which to invest. “I can assure you, Mr Prime Minister, that we want to invest in your country. We want to support you and we already have several
companies that are showing interest in doing business with Jamaica,” she noted. A delegation from the American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica, headed by its President Ron McKay and Vice-Presidents — Andrew Pairman, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service, Kelly Tomblin — also attended the meeting. Accompanying Holness to the meeting were: Ambassador Plenipotentiary for Economic Affairs, Dr Nigel Clarke; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology, Hillary Alexander; and Deputy Chief of Missions, Embassy of Jamaica Marsha Core Lobban. (Jamaica Observer)
Zika epidemic took C’bean by surprise - PAHO WASHINGTON - (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) says the Zika epidemic, a year since being discovered here, has taken the Americas, including the Caribbean, by surprise, adding that it has now become “notorious.” “It has made headlines in newspapers and television news programmes around the world,” said PAHO on the epidemic’s first anniversary on Saturday. “Researchers on various continents are scrambling to discover more about it. And health authorities in the Americas are struggling to raise awareness of the potentially devastating impact of this new virus – without causing undue alarm.” PAHO said Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are transmitting Zika virus in 57 countries and territories, 38 of them in the Americas. Sexual transmission of the virus has been confirmed in nine countries, and almost 1,300 cases of microcephaly or birth defects have been reported, the vast majority in Brazil. “Families, communities and entire countries are grappling with the idea of caring for hundreds or even thousands of babies who could become children with very special needs,” said PAHO, adding that 21 countries have reported Zika virus cases in pregnant women.
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DHAWAN, NEHRA DIRECT Lillard fires Trail Blazers to win over Warriors MUMBAI MAULING Shikhar Dhawan unfurls the scoop. (BCCI)
ESPNcricinfo - It was a ‘home’ game for Mumbai Indians, but it was Sunrisers Hyderabad, whose base is geographically closest to Visakhapatnam, that rode on Shikhar Dhawan’s unbeaten 82 andAshish Nehra’s newball burst that fetched him three wickets, to defend 177 with aplomb. A sixth win in nine matches took them to No. 2 in the points table. Four of Rohit Sharma’s five half-centuries resulted in successful chases for Mumbai this season. Against Sunrisers, he lasted three balls and exposed a middle order that has thrived on Rohit’s holding role. They couldn’t find form against a rampaging Nehra, whose late swing broke Mumbai’s backbone with the strikes of Rohit, Ambati Rayudu and Jos Buttler. At 30 for 4 after four overs, it was a case of trying to limit damage for Mumbai,
with Sunrisers’ bowling depth shining through once again in their 85-run win at the ACAVDCA Stadium. Rohit poked at an inswinger with leaden feet, and a thick inside edge clattered into off stump. Rayudu, Mumbai’s secondhighest run-scorer this season, fended a skiddy bouncer to point, while Butter was pouched by Naman Ojha, who stuck out his right hand to pull off a one-handed stunner. The meltdown was complete when Kieron Pollard miscued a slower ball to longon in the ninth over to leave Mumbai in tatters at 49 for 6. The brisk start was once again provided by David Warner, who dispatched offerings from Mumbai’s pacers as Sunrisers raced to 51 in the Powerplay after being sent in. The effervescence of his
strokeplay forced Rohit to pack the off-side field with five fielders at one stage. Still, he pierced the gap as the bowlers continued to offer him width. Warner ’s enterprise allowed Shikhar Dhawan to slip into the anchor role, but his sweetly-timed strokes on a fast outfield allowed him to find the boundary regularly. Both batsmen used the depth of the crease to ride the bounce on a fresh surface. After the Powerplay, Dhawan used deft touches and flicks to give Warner as much strike even as Mumbai’s spinners, in an effort to stem the damage, tried to fire the ball in. Warner welcomed Harbhajan with a biff for six over long-on before receiving a succession of darts outside off, which he failed to squeeze through. Warner holed out to Pollard at long-off, off Harbhajan, in the 10th over to give Mumbai some relief. In the next over, Harbhajan set up Kane Williamson by deceiving him in flight, and Rohit completed a low catch at midwicket. The doublestrike stalled Sunrisers, who managed just 31 off the five overs following Warner’s dismissal. In the 15th over, Yuvraj Singh signalled the switch in momentum again as he made room and scorched a drive into the cover boundary. Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 177 for 3 (Dhawan 82*, Warner 48, Yuvraj 39, Harbhajan 2-29) beatMumbai Indians 92 (Harbhajan 21, Nehra 3-15, Mustafizur 3-16) by 85 runs.
Love, James lead Cavs to another... From page 30 action. Teague wasn’t much of a factor, scoring just five points. With the game on the line, the Hawks went with Schroder and kept Teague on the bench. TIP-INS Cavaliers: Channing Frye followed up his 27-point effort in Game 3 with eight points. ... Three players finished with double-figure rebounds, led by Love with 13. James and Thompson had 10 apiece. Hawks: Thabo Sefolosha started for the second straight game, leaving Kyle Korver to come off the bench. Sefolosha had 16 points, while Korver managed only two on 1-of-4 shooting, missing both 3-point attempts. ... After being outrebounded 55-28 in Game 3, the Hawks actually held a 42-41 edge on the boards. Millsap had nine rebounds, and reserve Kris Humphries chipped in with seven.
LeBron James and crew celebrate their victory.
Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) shoots a jump shot over the Golden State Warriors defense in game three of the second round of the NBA Playoffs at Moda Center at the Rose Quarter. (Jaime Valdez-USA TODAY Sports) Reuters (Sports Xchange) - Damian Lillard scored a career playoff-high 40 points and dished out 10 assists to lead the Portland Trail Blazers past the Golden State Warriors 120108 on Saturday night at the Moda Center. Al-Farouq Aminu collected 23 points and 10 rebounds and C.J. McCollum added 22 points for the Trail Blazers, who narrowed Golden State’s lead in the Western Conference semifinals to 2-1. Game 4 takes place tonight in Portland. Lillard was 14 for 27 from the field, including 8 for 13 from 3-point range.Aminu was 8-for-9 from the field, making four of his five 3-point attempts. Draymond Green contributed a career playoff-high 37 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and Klay Thompson added 35 points for the Warriors, who were without injured star Stephen Curry. Green finished with 13-for-23 shooting,
going 8-for-12 from beyond the arc. Lillard scored 25 points and Aminu contributed 11 points on 5-for-5 shooting in the second quarter as Portland carried a 58-46 lead into halftime. Thompson had 24 in the half for the Warriors, who were outscored 3618 in the second period. Portland increased its lead to 63-50, but Green buried back-to-back 3’s to whittle the margin to 63-56. The Blazers regained control with a 12-4 run that upped the advantage to 76-60. With Aminu leading the way, the Blazers took a 93-80 edge into the fourth quarter. The Blazers increased the difference to 105-85, but Golden State used a 9-0 run to close within 105-94 with 5:25 remaining. Portland scored the next five points, and the Warriors never came closer than 12 the rest of the way.
Junior Sportsman of the Year... From page 33 standard of badminton and his level of Academics. Narayan, who went to the ABC primary school before attending the Marian Academy, informed that he is scheduled to leave for his scholarship in September but will defend his Caribbean title in August in Aruba in his final year as a junior. “I will also play in this year ’s Pan American Championships in Peru. This year I think my play has improved a lot,” Narayan added. “I won a Bronze medal in the Pan Am and three Gold Medals in Suriname and I am looking forward to going to Canada since the standard of players and facilities should be much better than here in the Caribbean, while the standard of Education should be high also,” Naryan said. “My goal for the next five years is to play more International tournaments, getting into the seniors ranking and qualify for the 2020 Olympics. If I had one wish it would be to win a gold
medal at the Olympics and I intend to work really hard to make that dream come true,” the youth promised. “The Caribbean does not really view Racket Sports as important as they should while the standard of badminton in Guyana could be better. We need more players and facilities, especially outside of Georgetown,” the National Junior Sportsman of the year lamented. In the 1980s Guyana dominated the Caribbean in this sport and players like several times Caribbean Champion Sean Barnwell, Peter Parone, Grandison Robinson and Gokarn Ramdhani were among the outstanding male players which made local competitions strong. On the distaff side you had Koren Thomas, the badminton Queen of the Caribbean for a long time, while Amada Lowe, Sharon Latchmansingh and Nichola Devers all represented Guyana at a time when
Guyana’s Badminton was of a high standard. Narayan said that now he is getting to participate in more tournaments outside of the Caribbean his badminton has improved since he has to compete with players from the USA, Canada and Mexico. “I grew up in a family that loved Badminton so it was only natural that I was drawn to the sport. I heard my dad was a good player when he played for Guyana but I never saw him play at that level. My sister Priyanna is a National junior player and I know my mom played a bit,” Narayan informed. The young man who has played in Suriname, T&T, Barbados, Jamaica, Porto Rico, Canada, USA, Mexico, Peru, Dominican Republic and Colombia, knows what he wants and is working hard to achieve it. Can Naryan Ramdhani join Boxer Mike Parris, who won Bronze in the 1980 Olympics, on the medal podium in the 2020 Olympics? Only time will tell.
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Alvarez knocks out Khan, Love, James lead Cavs to another eyes Golovkin fight sweep, 100-99 over Hawks
Canelo Alvarez and Amir Khan in action. (Action Images via Reuters / Andrew CouldridgeLivepic) (Reuters) Saul “Canelo” Alvarez landed a devastating right hook to knock out Amir Khan in the sixth round and claim the WBC middleweight title clash in Las Vegas on Saturday. After even opening rounds, Mexican Alvarez closed it at 2:37 in the sixth when he feigned a left jab before delivering a rattling hook to knock his British opponent cold. Khan, 29, came to his senses well after the bout had been decided and was taken to the hospital. He later tweeted out a photo assuring he was fine. “Im okay everyone, that’s boxing for you, congrats to @Canelo monster punch, much love to all the fans!” tweeted Khan, who moved up two weight divisions to take on Alvarez. Alvarez said he proved he was much more than just raw power. “Like I said from the beginning, I knew he was very fast and knew it would be competitive in the beginning,” he told reporters. “But I knew time would come to my favour, and you saw that. “Many people focus on my power and talk
to my power but I have many more qualities in the ring. I like to surprise everyone.” The former WBA and WBC super welterweight champion, who lost both world titles on a majority decision to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2013, entered the night as a heavy favourite but Khan (31-4, 19 knockouts) seemed to control the first couple of rounds with his hand speed. The Mexican power-puncher caught up with Khan in the third round and began to cut off the ring and push his opponent against the ropes. In the fifth, Khan absorbed a left hook and sustained a cut over his right eye. It all led to the crushing closer where 25year-old Alvarez again showed the brute strength that has now carried him to a record of 47-1-1 with 33 knockouts. Following the fight, Alvarez invited WBAIBF champion Gennady “Triple G” Golovkin into the ring, fuelling the growing clamor for a clash between the two. “I’ll fight him right now. Let’s put the gloves on and get in there with him,” Alvarez said. “I fear no one in this sport.”
ATLANTA (AP) — Kevin Love scored 27 points, LeBron James hit a huge shot with 39.2 seconds to go and the Cleveland Cavaliers finished off their second straight playoff sweep, beating the Atlanta Hawks 100-99 Sunday to advance to the Eastern Conference finals. The Hawks had one last chance to extend the series after James missed a 3-pointer with the clock winding down. Atlanta got the rebound and put the ball in the hands of Dennis Schroder, who led the team with 21 points. The speedy point guard drove into the lane but was surrounded by James and Tristan Thompson. Schroder slipped and James tied up the ball, forcing a huge mismatch of a jump ball with 2.8 seconds left. With a 7-inch height advantage, James flicked the ball toward the sideline. Paul Millsap tried to get off a desperation shot, but it was after the buzzer and didn’t go in anyway. The Cavaliers, who opened the playoffs with four straight wins over Detroit, made short work of the Hawks as well in a series that mirrored last year’s conference finals. In that one, the Hawks were the top seed but lost four straight to Cleveland. This time, the Cavaliers were healthy, seeded No. 1 and simply too much for Atlanta down the stretch in three of their four wins. They improved to 12-0 against the
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Hawks in the postseason. The Cavaliers will face the winner of the Miami-Toronto series in the conference final. Toronto leads 2-1. Schroder put the Hawks ahead 97-96 on a drive with 1:31 remaining. But James, after having one shot blocked and missing two tip-ins, got another chance when a video review overturned a call that Cleveland had knocked the ball out of bounds. Off the inbounds pass, Matthew Dellavadova found James streaking into the lane and Millsap was called for goaltending as he went for the block. Schroder’s next shot was blocked by Thompson, and the Cavaliers isolated James on the wing against Millsap. James stepped back and hit the jumper, pushing Cleveland ahead 100-97. Schroder scored on a drive with 34.4 seconds left and James missed a potential clinching 3. It didn’t matter. The Cavaliers buckled down at the defensive end and wrapped up the series.
Love carried Cleveland in the early going, hitting one 3pointer after another as the Hawks continually left him open in the corner. He went cold in the second half but still finished 8 of 15 from beyond the arc, accounting for all but two of his points. He was fouled on one longrange shot, knocking down a free throw for a four-point play, and his only basket that wasn’t a 3 was a jumper with his toe on the line. James and Kyrie Irving finished with 21 points apiece. Millsap had 19 for the Hawks. TEAGUE PLAYS Jeff Teague played for the Hawks after committing a flagrant foul on James in the closing seconds of Game 3. Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue said he wasn’t surprised that the league decided not to upgrade the foul, which could have resulted in a onegame suspension for Teague. Lue called it just “a little shove out of frustration” that didn’t warrant additional Continued on page 29
Bowlers, Karthik... From page 32 bowling in the Powerplay as well in the slog overs. The chase was a cruise, largely because of Karthik’s third half-century of the season. Karthik is a hyperactive player and it shone through when he began his innings with three successive fours in the ninth over, off Brad Hogg. The first one was reverse-swept against the turn while the second was conventionally swept for four. The third was flicked through midwicket. Karthik was dropped on 40 and 51, but he was stumped a ball after the second reprieve. The chase was set up by a 42-run opening stand between Brendon McCullum and Smith. They rediscovered their mojo and struck seven fours and three sixes between them, before being dismissed by spin in a space of 14 balls. Raina was then bounced out by Andre Russell for 14 off 18 balls. Aaron Finch, who had not taken the field in the chase against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday, started with a cover-driven four and launched Shakib inside-out for a six. He teed off further by hitting Piyush Chawla for three successive boundaries before being run-out for a 10-ball 29. Jadeja finished the chase with a slog-swept six over long-on. Scores: Gujarat Lions 164 for 5 (Karthik 51, Finch 29, McCullum 29) beat Kolkata Knight Riders158 for 4 (Shakib 66*, Yusuf 63*, Praveen 2-19) by five wickets.
Heineken ups tempo...
Captain of the victorious Sparton team Stephan Duncan accepts the winning prize from Claire Benjamin in the presence of his team mates. Sparton marked 51 games to win the final of the Colin Boyce 4-game dominoes tournament which was contested on Saturday night at Dynasty Sports Bar, South Ruimveldt. All Seasons Racing Service placed second with 44 games while Team Hope finished third on 43.
Stephan Duncan and Linden Bowman were Sparton leading players with 11 games each while Sultan Rooplall made 12 and John Freeman nine for All Seasons. Mark West and Andre Hope scored nine each for Team Hope. Sparton scored 39 games to win the semi final encounter ahead of All Season 36 and Frankies 34.
From page 31 sentiments Saturday night at Boardroom. Heineken is a long-standing sponsor of the Champions League, and as such, the brand kicked off its 2016 local promotion nationwide several weeks ago. Customers across Guyana have a chance to take part in similar Foosball competitions. This year’s promotion, like last year’s, will end with a massive final viewing party on May 28 at 704 Bar and Lounge, which will present three different concepts on all three levels of the venue. In addition, three international and local DJs will entertain patrons. It promises to be biggest one to-date given the special significance of Guyana’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations. The purchase of buckets of Heineken gives participants the chance to win prizes in the Foosball competition and tickets to the Final Viewing Party.
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Stanton Rose is National Basketball Club Championships MVP
G Square, Sans Souci record victories
- Colts, Raiders receive prizes
Devon Rambarran
Mackeson Brand Manager, Jamaal Douglas (third, right) hands over the winning cheque and the Championship Trophy to Colts’ captain, Dave Causway Saturday night at Palm Court while Colts’ Basketball Club shares the moment. Sixteen-year-old forward, Stanton Rose won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award Saturday night when the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) handed out prizes for the Road to Mecca National Club Championships at Palm Court. Colts won the title when they replayed Retrieve Raiders in the Finals three weeks ago at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. As a result, they collected the $500,000 first prize, while Raiders got the $250,000 second prize. Last year’s champions, Pacesetters had won the third place award against Ravens, taking home a $150,000 purse while Ravens received $100,000. Pacesetters guard, Travis Burnett was adjudged ‘Best Scorer of the Tournament’ with 66 total points.
Raiders’ forward, Dwayne Roberts won ‘Best Defensive Player’ with Colts Coach, Dane Kendall taking home the ‘Coach of the Tournament’ award. Mackeson Brand Manager, Jamaal Douglas, expressed his satisfaction for the level basketball has reached. “I was part of basketball for a very long time; we basically rescued it, and brought it back to this level,” Douglas boasted, adding “I like the fact that Colts have a lot of young players; it is good to see youths playing in the game.” “We at Mackeson love to work with the GABF and we’re happy that basketball is progressing,” Douglas continued. The National Club Championships was well attended and included several entertainment features over several weeks of competition.
HEINEKEN UPS TEMPO FOR UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PROMOTION Heineken upped the tempo for its Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League Promotion last weekend with patrons swarming Seepaul’s Bar, Kitty, and Boardroom at the Giftland Mall to win tickets to the Finals Viewing Party. At Seepaul’s Bar Friday night, Danesh Persaud prevailed in a Foosball Competition where he got a chance to view the Finals of the UEFA Champions League at 704 Bar and Lounge on May 28 after winning tickets and a miniature Foosball table. Then Saturday night at Boardroom Bar at Giftland Mall, Rihanna Fernandes won limited edition Heineken UEFA-branded Gym Bag after she outlasted her rivals. Fernandes also won tickets that will give her entrance to the 704 Entertainment Complex. Foosball is a table assimilation of football, and is part of Heineken’s UEFA Series Promotion at selected bars across Guyana. The Promotion attracted many
- Patrons swarm Seepaul’s, Boardroom bars last weekend
Heineken Brand Manager, Robert Hiscock (second, right) hands over branded UEFA Champions League gym bag to Rihanna Fernandes at Boardroom Bar at the Giftland Mall Saturday night while Heineken models share the moment. curious fans, and participants, at the locations with women getting in on the action. Heineken Brand
Assistant, Keiron Brathwaite, told Kaieteur Sport that he was overwhelmed with the reaction from the crowd
Friday night. Its Brand Manager, Robert Hiscock echoed those same Continued on page 30
G Square Cavaliers and Sans Souci SC recorded victories when the Kelly Andrews T20 knock out tournament commenced recently in Wakenaam. Playing at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground in Good Success, G Square Cavaliers defeated Maria’s Pleasure SC by two wickets. Batting first, Maria’s Pleasure SC scored 141 all out in 20 overs. Hardeo Gobin got 43 and Ryan Gordon 42; Somnauth Prashad grabbed 4-20. G Square Cavaliers responded with 142-8 in 19.2 overs. Satrohan Shiwnandan struck 73 as Bernard Lewis claimed 3-21. Sans Souci overcame Noitgedacht SC by six wickets at the said venue. Noitgedacht SC batted first and mustered 115 all out. Keddernauth Naraine picked up 3-13. Sans Souci responded with 116-4 in 17 overs. Devon Rambarran stroked an even half century and Jitendra Sookdeo made 25. Sans Souci Jaguars gained a walk over from Zeelandia.
Hearts of Oak Masters, Region Six Jubilee Committee organise Inter school U15 football Arguably one of the most active football organizations in the country the Hearts of Oak Masters Football club is not being left out of Guyana 50thAnniversary Independence celebrations. The club which prides itself with organizing and number of activities for youths and veterans is teaming up with the Region Six Jubilee Committee in organizing a one week Inter school male and female U15 football competition for school teams in the New Amsterdam/ Canje areas. The tournament will feature six schools which have been placed in two groups with the schools set to be represented by both boys and girls teams. The schools scheduled to participate are: Group A Berbice Educational Institute (BEI), Canje Secondary School (CSS) and New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School (NAMS). Group B will comprise of Berbice High School (BHS), Vryman’s Erven Secondary School (VESS) and Tutorial Academy Secondary School (TASS). The tournament which
will be played at the All Saints Scott Church Ground, Princess Elizabeth Road New Amsterdam will see four matches being played each day. Two male and two female games will make up the day’s quota which is expected to kick off today and end of Friday with the grand finals. The teams in each group will play each other once with the teams with the highest points advancing to play the winner of the other group in the finals in both categories. The matches will be one hour each with trophies and 15 medals going to the winning team, while a trophy and 15 silver medals will be presented to the runner up. There will also be individual prizes for outstanding individual players. Today’s games are expected to see BEI taking on NAMS in Group A in both the boys and girls categories, while VESS will match skills with TASS in Group B also in boys and girls matches. The coordinators are Neil Humphrey of the HOOMFC and Maxine Williams Coordinator of the jubilee Committee. (Samuel Whyte)
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International Football series in June 1965 Trophy Stall sponsors trophies for Golden Jubilee Draughts competition Last time under the Union Jack,
British Guiana defeated Barbados
Ms. Areefa Yusuf, representative of Trophy Stall presented trophies to Mr. Jiaram, President of the Association. As part of the Golden Jubilee Independence celebrations the Guyana Draughts Association would be holding a National Draughts Competition on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th May at the National Gymnasium Mandela Avenue. On Saturday the open competition would be contested on the 64 square boards, while on Sunday the players would compete on the International 100 square boards. A six round Swiss System would be applied on both days. Registration commences at 9.30am while the draw would take place at 10.00am.
Play would follow immediately after the draw. Registration fee is three hundred dollars ($300) per person. Players are reminded to be on time for the draw since late registration would cause players to lose points once the first round is completed. Mr. Ramesh Sunich, Proprietor of Trophy Stall of Bourda Market has once again contributed to the development of this board game in Guyana. He has come on board with six trophies for the two days of this Golden Jubilee Draughts competition. All Draughts players throughout the country are invited.
Continuing in his series looking at football activity in Guyana in keeping with our fifty years as a republic, Statistician Charwayne Walker reflects on the last time this country, then British Guiana, played under the Union Jack (British flag) before unfurling the Golden Arrowhead. One year before independence June 1965, British Guiana led by the late former West Indian footballer Monty Hope defeated Barbados 2-1 in a four match international football series played at GCC and GFC. The tourists led by West Indies footballer Reginald Haynes opened the British Guiana campaign with a commanding 3-1 victory against Mackenzie at the MSC ground in Linden. Buoyed by that performance the Bajans shocked the hosts in the series opener at GCC Bourda with a hard fought 1- nil victory. Hardcourt Haynes was the Bajan high man, his thunderbolt give British Guiana’s custodian Birdette Marshall no chance. Monty Hope’s men rebounded with a superb performance in the 2nd test. Albert Baker was the player of the match.
BOWLERS, KARTHIK TAKE LIONS TO THE TOP OF THE TABLE ESPNcricinfo - The skill of Gujarat Lions’ seam attack, led by Praveen Kumar, beat the depth of Kolkata Knight Riders as they jumped to the top of the table at Eden Gardens on Sunday. Praveen and Dhawal Kulkarni maximised the advantage of bowling under overcast skies by swinging the ball both ways to reduce Knight Riders to 24 for 4 by the end of the Powerplay. Half-centuries from Yusuf Pathan and Shakib Al Hasan, however, lifted the hosts to 158 for 4. Dinesh Karthik’s busy fifty and a string of cameos then sealed Lions’ seventh win with five wickets in hand and 12 balls to spare. Praveen laid down the marker in the first over with a big inswinger, which zipped through Gautam Gambhir’s gate and nearly shaved the off stump. Suresh Raina strengthened the slip cordon and even added a leg-slip, perhaps teasing Gambhir to glance the ball fine. The Knight Riders captain attempted that shot, only to deflect the ball off the thigh
to the stumps in Praveen’s second over. A ball later, Praveen had Manish Pandey nicking behind for a duck with an outswinger. When Kulkarni dismissed Robin Uthappa in a similar fashion in his second over, Knight Riders lost more than two wickets in the Powerplay for the first time this season. Suryakumar Yadav, under pressure to break free after giving Praveen a maiden, fell to a stunning catch from Raina at slip, off Dwayne Smith. Lions could have also had Shakib on 3 had Pravin Tambe, returning from injury, not dropped a tough chance at third man. Instead, Shakib combined with Yusuf to spark a revival - they put together an unbroken 134, the highest for the fifth wicket in all IPLs. The introduction of spin marked a stark shift in momentum. Yusuf did the early running, drilling chinaman bowler Shivil Kaushik for back-to-back boundaries in the 10th over. He and Shakib eventually took 55 runs in six overs between Kaushik, Ravindra
Dinesh Karthik goes through the leg side, Kolkata Knight Riders v Gujarat Lions, IPL 2016, Kolkata, May 8, 2016 ©AFP Jadeja, and Tambe. By the time pace returned in the form of Dwayne Bravo, Yusuf was in his groove and went on to bring up a halfcentury off 32 balls. Shakib had been on 24 off 32 balls, but he cracked 42 runs off his next 17 balls to finish with 66 off 49 balls. Yusuf was subdued by the tactful use of
yorkers and cutters from round the wicket by Praveen and Bravo. Shakib’s twin scoops off Praveen over short fine leg were the only blemishes in an otherwise pinpoint bowling performance. After taking the Man-of-the-Match award Praveen said that he relished Continued on page 30
His corner kick in the 15th minute found the unmarked Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond who’s first shot beat the Bajan custodian. In the 33rd minute, Baker’s classical free kicks give the Barbadian keeper no chance. Gerald ‘Beef ’ Francesco sealed things off in the 69th minute with a wonderful goal. At full time the scores read British Guiana 3, Barbados nil. Match of the series, third test played at GCC Bourda British Guiana won 4-3. British Guiana opened the scoring in the 5th minute through Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond’s brilliance. Barbados equalized in the 32nd minute when skipper Monty Hope deflected the ball pass his goalkeeper, Birdette Marshall. The host went ahead 2 minutes later when Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond hammered home a beauty. 5 minutes after half time, Gerald ‘Beef’ Francesco scored to give British Guiana a 3-1 advantage. Barbados reduced its homeside lead in the 62nd minute, when Hardcourt Haynes beat a diving Birdette Marshall to his left with a power shot. Basil Simmons scored British Guiana’s 4th goal in the 75th minute. Barbados pulled one back just before full time, when Hardcourt Haynes beat Birdette Marshall to complete his hat-trick. 4th and final test played at GFC, resulted in a draw one-all giving British Guiana its first series win over Barbados since 1953. British Guiana scored first in the 27th minute when Basil Simmons beat the Bajan custodian with a dagger. Barbados equalized in the 56th minute when Lionel Gill fouled Michael Ryan in the box. Ryan converted the penalty. The British Guiana Team First Test Monty Hope – Captain Maurice Hicks Compton Callender Patsy Pieters George Niles George Dyal Ovid Henry Michael Mitchell Basil Simmons Gerald Francisco Dan Murray Edward Richmond Albert Baker
Cosmo Layne Gordon Harry British Guiana Team for Second Test Monty Hope – Captain Birdette Marshall Maurice Hicks Compton Callender Pasty Pieters Lionel Gill George Niles Ovid Henry George Dyal Michael Mitchell Edward Richmond Cosmo Layne Imgram Layne Gerald Francisco Albert Baker Basil Simmons British Guiana Team Third Test Monty Hope – Captain Birdette Marshall Compton Callender Patsy Pieters Lionel Gill Gordon Harry George Dyal Cosmo Layne Edward Richmond Gerald Francisco Albert Baker Maurice Hicks British Guiana Team Fourth Test Monty Hope- Captain Birdette Marshall Compton Callender Lionel Gill Patsy Pieters George Niles George Dyal Michael Mitchell Basil Simmons Edward Richmond Gerald Francisco Dan Murray Ovid Henry Barbados Team that lost the 1965 Series Reginald Haynes- Captain Victor ‘Gas’ Clarke Hardcourt Haynes Lester Welsh Dennis Leacock Wilford Roach Tyrone Forde Leon Bryan Michael Ryan Rudolph Ames Carlos Griffith Gregory Williams John Chandler Dudley Dowes Lloyd Seales Rawle Pickering Arthur Cave Don Norville –Assistant Manager Freddie HutchinsonManager